Hanger or suspension-frame.



, PATENTED OCT. 25, 1904.

W. E. KEUPPEL. HANGER 0R SUSPENSION FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 12, 1904.

N0 MODEL.

' UNITED STATES Patented October 25, 1904,

PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIE L. E. KEUFFEL, OF HOBOKENQNEVV JERSEY, ASSIGNORTO THE KEUFFELQS; ESSER COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

i HANGER- on SUSPENSION-FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. '7 '7 3,017, dated October 25, 1904.

Application filed February 12, 1904. Serial No. 193,219. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, WIL IE L. E. KEUFFEL, a, citizen of the United States, and a resident of Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hangers or Suspension-Frames, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to hangers or suspension-frames; audits novelty consists in the construction and adaptation of the parts, as will be more fully hereinafter pointed out.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a hanger embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section of the same on the plane of the line 2 2 in Fig. 1 looking toward the left. Fig. 3 is a top plan View beneath the plane of the line 3 3 in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is aside elevation showing the manner of disengaging the movable from the fixed jaw. Fig. 5 is a vertical transverse section on the plane of the line 5 5 in Fig. 1 looking toward the right, and Fig. 6 is a perspective of a series of two hangers and a connectingstrip between them.

lnthe drawings, 10 is a rod or bar adapted to be horizontally placed in any situation suitable for its subsequent use. 7 Secured to this rod area series of jawsarranged in pairs, each pair comprising a dependent immovable. jaw 20 and a movable jaw 30, hinged to an immovable jaw and adapted to act against the next immovable jaw in the seriesto grip the material between a movable and a fixed jaw.

The immovable or fixed jaws are each composed of two side plates 21 and 22, secured to the rod 10 by any suitable means, as the screws or nails 11, and a transverse connecting-plate 23. This is preferably made of one piece of metal cut out and bent to shape in suitable dies. Two apertures 24 24 are provided in the plates 21 and 22 to serve'as bearings for the pintles of the movable jaw, and other apertures, as26, are provided in the plate 23 to guide the plates while being bent.

The movable jaws 30 are each composed of a single piece of flat metal 31, terminating at one extremity in an upwardly-extending flange 32 and at the other extremity in a downwardly-extending flange 33. It is also 5 provided on each side with ears 34 34, which fit into the apertures 24 24 in the immovable jaw and serve as .pintles to form a hinge therewith. r

The movable jaws 30 can swing upwardly, it will be observed, without difliculty; but their downward motion, caused by gravity, is limited by the flange 32 meeting the plate 23 of the jaw 20 in front of it and theflange 33 meeting the plate 23 of the jaw 20, to which it is hinged. Now if anythingfor example, a sheet of paper, as indicated at 40 in Fig. 6, or the fablie of a garment or the like be inserted between the plate 23 and flange 32 back of it the 5 movement is readily accomplished, because there is nothing to oppose the upward motion of the movable jaw 30, and if this jaw be then allowed to drop downward the object 'so inserted will be tightly held between the flange 7 of the jaw after it has dropped and the plate of the fixed jaw 20 in front of it, and it can only be released by pushing the movable jaw upward. The object will not come loose, especially if it is wet, because the greater the downward pull upon it the greater is the friction created between the jaw and the plate and the object interposed between them. The uses-t0 which this invention may be put are'very-numerous; but the purpose for which it seems especially adapted is to serve I as a hanger or frame for the suspension of photographic prints while drying.

Wide modifications may be made in the detail of the device'without departing from its 5 essential principles. For instance, the flanges 32 and 33 may be omitted so long as proper bearings are secured for the plate 31, and it may terminate in a straight edge.

l/Vhat I claim is 1. A device of the class described comprising a carrier, fixed jaws depending therefrom in series, each consisting oftwo side plates and a connecting-plate, and a movable jaw pivoted between the side plates of one fixed 95 jaw and arranged to contact with and rest normally against the connecting-plate of the next adjacent jaw.

2. A device of the class described comprising a carrier, a fixed jaw dependent therefrom consisting of two side plates, and a connecting-plate, the side plates being apertured to form bearings for a movable jaw and a movable jaw provided with ears adapted to detachably engage with the apertures on the fixed jaw to form a hinge therewith.

3. A device of the class described, comprising a carrier, a fixed jaw dependent therefrom consisting of two side plates and a connecting-plate, the side plates being apertured to form bearings for a movable jaw, the Whole being made of elastic material, and a movable jaw provided with ears adapted to detachabl engage with the apertures on the fixed jaw to form a hinge therewitlnthe same being sprung into place and held therein by the elasticity of the fixed jaw.

Vitness my hand this 11th day of l ebruary, 1904:, at the city of New York, in the county and State of New York.

\VlLLlE L. E. KEUFFEL.

Vitnesses:

HERMAN MEYER, BARTLETT J. SMITH. 

